In
Renaissance Italy, the collectors and patrons the Medicis, so admired
stone marquetry that they dedicated several workshops to it. Some
artisans labored for years on end to make a table top like the one that
inspired this scarf. The passion for this art traveled abroad,
particularly into England and France. A proliferation of flours, fruit
and foliage envelope multicolored birds, butterflies and insects, pearl
necklaces and ribbons in their sinuous curves. The delicacy of the line
breathes life into plumage and petal, the plump berries issue an
invitation…Life in all its fragile beauty runs through this mineral
composition. Silk here takes the place of cut stones. (Text from Hermès book)